That's cool! I heard her playing on a compilation album advert back in January in Tower Records, but it was just a 90s hits compilation with SEASONS on it and they didn't even play her PV despite playing all the other PVs that were appearing lol

I'm trying to convince myself that the reason why she's giving us so little news about the tour and her activities is because she's currently working so hard she hasn't any time left to do anything else. However i'm really looking forward to see the tour goods so i can already know how much money i'll be spending on them lmao

I google translated her last TA entry and it seems that she's had trouble with rehearsing so quickly after JTB tour ended, but that she got better now. (if anyone understood it better tell me if i'm wrong)

I got A block tickets for the 8th :-0
I never thought that'd happen to me lol

Congrats ^_^
I hope I get A or B block tickets to on one of the 2 days, too bad we interantional fans only know few hours before the concert <.<

And I wish avex whould do more promotion for the Tour.... I mean I am still excited for the tour but it feels so unspecial for her 20th Anniversary ._.
I rly hope they will drop a huge bombshell out of nowere to make up for that, but on the other hand it´s avex.... so my hopes are very little <.<

B2 and B3 were the best ones I managed to get! Congrats!

I hope they add more dates soon.
I really wanna go, but it just doesnt look like I can get to japan in June

I just got my plane ticket, so I'll be there for the Osaka shows in July! I can't wait to get to another one of Ayu's shows!!

It doesn’t seem like they will be adding dates this time around.

^More likely a new tour after a-nation or sometime around fall.

Actually I was wondering what kind of seats fans generally get in the TA overseas lottery and if I should try to buy a ticket for a good seat from an online reseller just in case my seat sucks, since this will probably be my last time to see Ayu, at least for a long while and I can only go to the one show date.

So far I would either get B or C blocks. I know other TA (international) members who got A, B or C.

So far I got A Block through japanese TA (1st lottery round) and C Block throigh global TA (2nd lottery round)

I really hope Ayu will take a break on Tour after this one. She deserves it.
She has to be very tired.

But I'm not against having a new album during this time lol

I think she pretty much decides what she is doing nowdays. Avex neither promotes her nor pushes her so I don't think they actually have a say about her releases/tours...(otherwise we would be seeing that 1 album per year).

3 of my seats were fantastic and 3 others were pretty meh, all of them bought via Global TA. I mean, all of them were arena seats but half of them were kinda far from the stage

oh so there's a way for global TA members to check their seat positions?

Yes. When you get the ticket before the show.

Im surprised she hasnt done an album yet.
This tour is what... 2 years old at this point?

Ayu said in TeamAyu that she didn't even get proper time to rehearsal for JtB as much as she expected and that she is excited and happy to rehearse properly with everyone for this tour. So maybe she didn't had time to go to studio during the tour.

I don't feel any need or anxiety for a new release. I'm fine with her doing things at her time...

^ Me too. I'd rather have a good album just by the end of the year than a mess in the next months. I guess the tour will inspire her on doing new stuff and she might be thinking this as well.

I too am fine without a new album for now. But I would really like a remix or acoustic album. Or a 20th anniversary physical single release by the end of the year. Ayu is focusing on her tour now and that's that.
I do think it's a bit strange that avex has been so quiet though. Are they not going to try to make money off of Ayu's anniversary?

Thanks for the insights njanjayrp, angel*ayumi and rainbow_smile. So basically all first floor seats, not level 2 or 3...That's not bad. It's a shame we can't find out our seats before, since I'd like to have as good a seat as possible even if I have go to an online reseller.

Given the low sales numbers even for albums, I doubt they'll even break even for remix/acoustic albums...

I hate to say but it's been the 3rd day since general sales of her tickets and saitama/fukuoka still can't manage to sell out...
She can't go on like this forever, and it's dangerous to carried away by oneself's pride when the surroundings have changed over the years. She's got to do something...

If that is the case, why there’s TA members still lost on their ballots?

I think only last day is the hot date....
And it's a smaller venue?

Yes Osaka Jo hall has only ap. half the capacity of Saitama Super Arena.
Marine Messe Fukuoka is ap. the same as Osaka Jo Hall, but it´s not the final in Fukuoka and the population there is not as big as in Kansai area.

[TA lottery]→[Yahoo lottery draw]→[Yahoo Public purchase]

avex had to hold tickets for Yahoo's lottery regardless of selling out or not.
So there's a chance of TA losing in the TA draw.
As of now, only Nagoya is shown to be sold out on Yahoo's public purchase.

ayu toured deeply into towns during last 2 years. With this intense schedule connecting with PoM, it's for sure there's a loss in audience numbers. Just as any artist's show, not every audience is a hardcore regular attendee.
There's a near 0 production in records/videos/CM exposure in recent years (let's face it, WATQ's CM Tie-up didn't do help). With this steady decline in anticipation, this entertainment show trick can't feed her team forever.

It's reasonable to blame Hiroshima/Fukuoka for low sales due to their location and population.
But Saitama is the only "Tokyo" site and should draw the most attendees, and yet still have tickets up for grasps. That's kind of a sign.

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A brief estimate of capacity:

Saitama: 16,000-22,000
Saitama: 16,000-22,000
Nagoya: 10,000
Nagoya: 10,000
Fukuoka: 15,000
Fukuoka: 15,000
Hiroshima: 6,040

Ishikawa: 7,000
Miyagi: 4,000
Osaka: 13,500
Osaka: 13,500

I see. That’s tough for her then. The marketing team basically did nothing for this tour!

If Kuu still manages to release DH8 after DH7 selling 5k, I believe ayu can give a new shot to ayu-mi-x :P

You are also forgetting that avex sells those albums digitally as well and that it also gets streamed...Remix albums are more of a fan-gimmick anyways.

Yeah like fire everybody except yo-Chan and start a fresh team with fresh ideas.

Why would you expect her to sell out after 3 days? Lady GaGa did not sell out in 3 days in Europe last year...

With no new album or anything that puts her out there aside from like a promo poster, I don't think it's likely she'll sell out for a bit. Maybe after something drops?

Do we only find the seats on the day?

For overseas TA lottery, yes, it looks like we only find out the day of.

Kind of unfair tho haha

Are you still selling Fukuoka tickets?

Hi Gorgonia,

I would like to get 1 ticket for Fukuoka!

I can only hope that I got good seats. This will be my first and most probably the last time I'll see her live.

^Overseas TA usually gets better seats than us most of the times. good luck :)

I wonder if she'll do an Asia tour for her 20th. And if so, I wonder if she'll come to Singapore. I don't think she'll have THAT much trouble selling out ~7000 (or even less since her stages are always so big) here. Demand for Ayu to perform in Singapore is pretty high since many from Southeast Asia would be willing to come over. a-nation Singapore was a testament to that. I would dare say 90% of the audience were there for just Ayu lmao.

She just uploaded new rehearsal video with "Song 4 U" playing and I'm screaming, I really want her to perform it again!

Hm? I've just checked and both Nagoya dates are still available with tickets.

She also wrote something like this
"Being swayed by music, haunted by music, struggled by music, but it also was music that saved it all."
https://twitter.com/ayu_19980408/sta...61240556929024

They are usually good seats though. I had row 10 and 7 :) Best I ever had in the past was area row 40 and I had to pay like 30.000yen at reseller. The ones I had from Lawson machine for regular price were all 2nd balcony far back.

probably poured more into the pool?
both had an X under availability when I checked a few days ago.

That's good, though I'm still going back and forth whether or not to buy a "guaranteed" good seat from reseller tbh, just because this is likely my last Ayu show.

^ Guess the "good seat/bad seat" thing is pretty subjective, but i attended Made in Japan in 2016 in Yoyogi and here are the seats i got through global TA :



The first night was B7 block, almost at the very last row (second to last? something like that) and the seat was on the far left.
The second night i got C6 block, but can't exactly remember where, got 11th row according to my ticket, so i colored a whole area where i think i might have been lol
I attended the 8th and the 9th of July which means NOT the finale.
https://imgur.com/a/jONIH

To me those were crappy seats lol Maybe should consider myself lucky for getting arena seats but well, they sucked nonetheless. When she was on the catwalk it wasn't that bad, but she wasn't here really often.

I really hope i get more luck this upcoming tour, it's not like i'm paying a couple thousand €€€ just to go and see her.

If you want a guarantee and don't mind paying a super high price, then it's better to get the ticket from a reseller. I've had seats somewhere around row 6 on some of the concerts, and rows 30-40 on others, so it really depends.

When I attended CdM Tour for the two first dates in Saitama Super Arena I got amazing seats.

https://i.imgur.com/NVQnz9q.jpg

1st day I got a B5 seat just three seats away from the center runway. And on the 2nd day I got a better seat on A5 just a seat away from the runway. The view was just amazing because you could see everything really close and the dancers and Ayu interact better with the people near the runway.

I can't find my tickets unfortunately, so I can't tell you my exact seats, but i can show you a couple of pics i took at the concert later, if you want to see what kind of view I had

Didn't you get super good seats for Cirque de Minuit? I think i remember you saying that lol Seems like those who went to Cirque de Minuit were lucky :laugh

^ Yup! My CDM seats were amazing, I think row 6 for semi-final and row 8 for the final? And just a couple of seats away from the catwalk. I even saw myself a few times on the DVD :laugh

For MIJ, i was around row 30 maybe? for two of the 3 concerts (Yoyogi day one and Osaka day 3), and my seat was really close to the stage in Osaka day 1

But for JTB my seat was, like, row 40 maybe? But not even close to the central stage/catwalk haha I was sitting next to the "path" where the moving platform was going

Yeah, depends on the prices. I started looking, but it's still too early for the day I'm going. Either way I'm definitely stoked to be going. And it's so cool that you and pedronekoi got such great seats for CDM and MIJ Osaka. I love CDM and every time I watch it I wish I had gone :p

Actually I've been trying to find a seating chart for marine messe, the one on their website is not very detailed, just so I can figure out where the seat locations are for the arena. Has anyone been there or knows where to find a detailed chart?

I agree, it's subjective but actually I'm on the same page as you. I'd be ok with them but disappointed if that makes sense. When I saw Namie I was all the way up and in the back, couldn't really see her at all except on the screens. Still loved the show and feel very lucky I was able to go but slightly disappointed in seat location. It's more like I want to try to get as close as I can afford to if possible, just because it's probably my last time and I can only go the one day.

Basically, I feel very lucky to be going at all,but I do want to try to maximize it to have as good an experience as possible. And this lottery system is new to me lol

we are all hoping :) but this woman needs a rest sigh

Did you get these seats through global TA, TA, or reseller?

Yeah it seems CdM was rly lucky for global TA, a friend got 2nd row seats for the Semi-finale.

My CDM tour seats were too close to stage, the sound was too loud and it damaged my ear (it recovered eventually).

I am amazed how there is really nothing that is ever good enough for you :D

I was happy with my CDM seats (C and then B), was super close to the center stage in B block and got similar seats for both Yoyogi dates last year.

I also had good seats for this show in Yoyogi. I was close to the catwalk on both days.

Global TA!

Any predictions for setlist?

I think she might do Evolution and Boys & Girls, not sure though...

lmao :laugh

OMG. I would die.
JUST. DIE.

^Don't get your hopes up! Y'know just in case...

THIS OMG, they're SO underrated, when was the last time she perfomed them? *fangirls*

My first Ayu show ever so whatever the setlist I will be happy BUUUUT some classics would be really appreciated:P

lol that'd be novel :p To be fair, my first Ayu show was JTB 3 and she didn't sing evolution, I kinda wish did just for the experience ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
*i laughed so hard at everyone's responses I almost choked on hot tea :D

Still wishing for Together When... .:heart

I want My All :(

The one song I want to see live just once is walking proud.

I guess they'll avoid what was performed in previous 3 shows, and choosing those that could showcase good vocals and orchestra work...?

Hey I whould be glad to hear evolution xD In CdM she only sang it on the 4 final dates^^ And HLS i couldn´t attend complete.

That's a pity that this forum doesn't take code more advanced lol

New pictures for the upcoming Tour:

https://www.facebook.com/ayu.officia...61764210508356

Hm...I wonder if this tour will be something like MIJ.

I don't think so. The pamphlet usually will be featuring the last tour's imagery. Plus Ayu knows people hate spoilers.

Timmy slaying in that pic, for real, wow

The point was the seats were too good.
I had plenty of good seats thanks to fanclub.
I'd appreciate if you stopped attacking my posts.

Those pics are gorgeous, I am seriously impressed.

It's interesting how her personal account is tagged, and she still uses her married name.

On the note of the photos... Gorrrgeous!!!! Very MIJ-esque. She has such a powerful aura in these photos.

Yeah, Leslie always tags her personal one which is odd.

The pictures are amazing! She looks gorgeous. The whole theme is so cool!

love those pictures!

SURREAL~evolution~SURREAL

Im loving the new pictures!

http://i65.tinypic.com/25s97yu.jpg

http://i65.tinypic.com/zk0u2c.jpg

http://i66.tinypic.com/ja80aq.jpg

http://i65.tinypic.com/2a972hh.jpg

love those nipples of Timmy! no pun intended.

Am I the only one who is surprised that there is no any kind of album being released for the 20th anniversary?
Unless if she will release something in a surprise but I don't think so.
Wish I could go to that tour though. I wonder if she will extend it until the end of the year.

I wish she released a studio album as it will nearly be 2 years since MIJ was released, but I am not really surprised. JTB and the new tour seem to be about celebrating the many songs ayu has released during the past 20 years - plenty of awesome material!

I don’t think she will be extending this one though as she’s been on tour nearly non stop for so long...

i would wish that too, but I don't think it will come to that. Maybe she will release a mini album or compilation this year. But who knows?

Those photos are amazing!!!

I hope Leslie also does the shoot for her next album whenever it may be released.

I really wish she would!! maybe at the end??

Isn't he the one who did the Party Queen covers? They were the worst of her career. But those pictures (the TOUR promo) are amazing

^ He also did FIVE, and I think the How beautiful you are digital single cover, which was initially supposed to be the shoot for Party Queen iirc?

I'm loving these pamphlet pictures! Looking forward to the rest of them

When did Ayumi forgive Leslie for SuperManny..
And wasnt he arrested for child porn?

Party Queen covers are one of the best of her career and there's no way you can change my mind :laugh

It's supposedly for MiJ tour...
Wonder if those pic indicate PoM 2 theme will be
...

Yikeeeeess.... that’s awkward and horrible.

Jesus. He wasn't arrested for child porn, he was arrested for breaking Japan's equivalent of some really outdated vulgarity laws due to the porn-like nature of some of his work. Big difference.

She still shot some pictures wearing a princess-white dress and a black dress.
I believe that one is for PoM2. I don't know the theme. Maybe something black&white again.